- I can just barely make out fireworks in the distance. Quite strange, but at the same time not really. It ain't like anyone is gonna stop 'em all the way out here or nothin'.
- AC is repaired YAAAAAAAAAAAY

Not quite
Puerto Rico is owned by the US
With disagreements from both sides, Puerto Rico is not a state yet, but they have tried to ratify for statehood.
Also Washington DC had the same problem. Because it was not a state, the people in DC could not vote. But that was changed in the Twenty-third Amendment.
Both are districts. Both are owned by the US.
Unoccupied just means the people there are not appart of the states but they are both apart of the US